How Nam June Paik Anticipated the Internet
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2 min readOct 1, 2021
An artist dreamed of a hyperconnected future. Now we live in it.
On New Year’s Day, 1984, the artist Nam June Paik broadcast his first international satellite “installation” to an audience of some 25 million people in four countries. An hour-long montage of avant-garde music videos, dance performances, and animated video art, “Good Morning, Mr. Orwell” is Paik’s rejoinder to George Orwell…
